Catch up with our friend Luca Manghi on Friday, 1:10pm 2 May, 'Lunch Time Series' at the Great Hall in the Arts Centre: “Two flutes Concert”, with Tjasa Dykes, flute, Luca Manghi, flute, and Iola Shelley, piano.
The program is quite varied:
W.F. Bach: Sonata III; G. Petrassi: Dialogo Angelico; B. Hoadley: Manaia; K. Cuzner: Jazz Jingles; K.& F. Doppler: Fantasy and Variations on themes from the opera Rigoletto.
Prices: $10 waged, $8 unwaged and seniors, $6 students, $2 children.
Linwood Community Arts Centre, cnr. Stanmore & Worchester Rds, Wed. 14 May, 7:30pm
Evelyn and Alistair Robertson spent several months in Europe last year travelling around in their campervan. On 4 July they went to Torino for the launch of the new Fiat 500. Evelyn will talk about what happened in Piazza Vittorio Veneto and show photos of the new car and some of the special events which took place during the day. After visiting Torino, Evelyn and Alistair walked the Cinque Terre, then headed north to Genoa and crossed into France via Alba and the Colle di Tenda.
After the talk there will be complimentary supper - and coffee made with our new Bialetti mega-caffettiera.
Cartolina radio programs “for those who remember
Cari amici, apologies from Cartolina and from PLAINS FM for airing the wrong interview on 2 April. The lost program is being rescheduled in June.
30 April & 5 May: Tramping. Francesco and Cam Greco from Pisa, and Noeline Keeling from Christchurch talk about mountains in both Countries, and food & friendship, as the two tramping groups they belong to exchange visits. Francesco has also opened a sub-section of the Pisa C.A.I. in
14 & 19 May: Re-elected On. Marco Fedi and Sen. Nino Randazzo talk about the elections, their work in the past government and their goals in the new one. Being at the opposition will not hamper projects already started, on which there is general consensus (e.g. citizenship to Italians abroad who have lost it). Increasing funds for the Italian language and culture abroad is part of their focus.
28 May & 2 June: Patricia Hurley tells of a wonderful opera tour that she’ll be leading soon with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra CSO Murray Shaw, starting on 19 August in
How to listen.
* Radio on demand through the internet: just visit: http://www.plainsfm.org.nz/Podcasts/programmes
Select “Cartolina” and you’ll get the list of all available programs.
* For the actual radio broadcast, tune in on PLAINS FM 96.9 on alternate Wednesdays at 7.30 pm, or listen to the repeat program on the following Monday, at 10.30 am.
2 & 7 April : Abruzzi. Gail Hopkins talks about how she visited and fell in love with the Abruzzi, an Italian region full of great secrets. From her first trip there, she went on to connecting with “il Trovacasa”, and then establishing “the Housefinder”, to help people find and buy a house in Abruzzi, and specifically in the Val Peligna area.
16 & 21 April: Coro della Portella. Wilma Laryn takes you for a musical journey in the Abruzzi region, through the songs of Il coro della Portella, an all-male Alpini choir that was formed in 1982 near l’Aquila, and that specializes in researching and promoting the regional repertoire. All the songs are in Abruzzese dialect, (translation provided beforehand). Many of them are adaptations of ancient, even medieval tunes, while others are the typical mountain songs. We talk also about Abruzzi-filmed Spaghetti Western and explain how to make spaghetti alla chitarra. We give a traditional recipe: Agnello brodettato Abruzzi style, that is lamb with a lemon and egg sauce.
30 April & 5 May: Tramping. Francesco and Cam Greco from Pisa, and Noeline Keeling from Christchurch talk about mountains in both Countries, and food & friendship, as the two tramping groups they belong to exchange visits. Francesco has also opened a sub-section of the Pisa C.A.I. in Seattle, so look out if the Tower there starts leaning…(Click "Read more" to read more!)
Cartolina is the program of Italian culture and life for those who remember Italy and those who dream of it….
It airs on PLAINS FM 96.9 every second Wednesday at 7.30pm and repeats on the following Monday at 10.30am.
It’s also radio on demand: you can now play complete programs on your computer; visit www.plainsfm.org.nz and click on “pod cast" to see the list of Cartolina programs that you can listen to. The recipes from the radio programs are also available on the Christchurch Dante website.
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Alexis International Fine Art,
Following on from his 2006 success in
This time the Alexis International Fine Art presents what Keith terms the “fruit of his foray” into
Linwood Community Arts Centre, crn. Stanmore & Worchester Rds, Wed. 9 Apr., 7:30pm
Since visiting regularly the Abruzzi region and helping lots of Cantabrians find the home of their dreams there, Gail Hopkins has plenty of stories to tell and pictures to show. Abruzzi, where the spaghetti western movies are filed, is the latest real estate hot spot following Tuscany and Umbria. Abruzzi is unspoiled, with harsh mountains and mellow sea, Roman ruins and Medieval towns...and plenty of good food and hospitality.
After the talk there will be complimentary supper - Spaghetti with Sauce Abruzzi style and coffee made with our new Bialetti mega-caffettiera.
